CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Coventry Road has long been the hub of Northeast Ohio’s hippie-alternative scene. And Record Revolution was one of its anchors. That is changing. On Black Friday, the record shop, which has been a mainstay of the Northeast Ohio music scene for 55 years, announced that it would close permanently on Dec. 31, 2022.
It’s the end of an era for Northeast Ohio music fans.
The post on the record shop’s Facebook page reads:
“Today I come to Facebook with a heavy heart. After much calculation, consideration, & deliberation we have decided to close the doors on our long-standing beloved brick & mortar store -- Record Revolution.
This decision did not come easily. We have enjoyed being a member of the Coventry community with its spirit of entrepreneurship, diversity, & encouragement of free thought and expression, for 55 years. Through those years, we have made many fond memories & personal connections with you, our valued customers. Without your support, we would never have made it this far. So, a sincere & heartfelt thank you to all of you for this amazing experience of a lifetime!”
Starting, Monday, Nov. 28, the store schedule will be cut back to noon to 7 p.m. Mondays through Saturdays and noon to 5 p.m. on Sundays.
A deluge of comments in the Facebook feed shows how much the store meant to so many in the local community ... “so many memories from that store man,” “it was a rite of passage as a teen to drive down and shop there,” “a heartfelt loss,” “definitive part of adolescence.” And the reflections go on.
The store was founded in 1967 by Peter Schliewin. It quickly became an essential part of the region’s rock and roll scene. WMMS radio was a top FM station and based some of its programming on Record Revolution’s sales. DJs like Kid Leo and Billy Bass made regularly appearances.
And when rock stars played in the city in the 1970s, they often visited Record Revolution for in-store appearances and autograph sessions. The list included many of the biggest stars of the rock era -- everyone from Led Zeppelin, the Who and Lou Reed to Elvis Costello, Patti Smith and Bruce Springsteen
Schliewin was killed in a car crash in 1983. The store was later acquired by Mike Allison, who expanded its product line beyond records to include clothing, pipes and other smoking products. The store was a trendsetter. Record Revolution, for example, was one of the first stores in the country to sell Doc Martens shoes.
Allison later added the store’s longtime general manager Rob Pryor, also known as Rob Love, as a partner. The store thrived on vinyl record and CD sales well into the early 2000s. But the as the digital and streaming era began, pre-recorded music sales steadily declined.
In 2007, the store had to downsize to one storefront on Coventry. In the 2010′s, a boom in vinyl record sales helped, with music enthusiasts and young fans began collecting vinyl albums and special releases. But operating a brick-and-mortar record store is a challenging business in the digital age, when most music fans get their latest fix via streaming services such as Spotify and Apple Music.
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